# Help

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/2687>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 6, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/2687 "2007-08-06T05:50:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TJScott2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@TJScott2012](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TJScott2012)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/2687/1 "2007-08-06T05:50:45Z")

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why is my dads 05 f350 hard to start when it gets hot, you have to keep cranking it

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help/2687/2 "2007-08-06T13:46:05Z")

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When what gets hot, the weather, or the engine? The engine may need a tune up ( spark plugs and wires, air filter, and fuel filter). To see if it’s a fuel problem, use a spray called Starting Fluid from Advance Auto Parts. Spay into the black plastic intake tube going into the engine about a 2 second shot. You could pull a small hose from the tube to do this. If the truck starts more easily, tell a mechanic, or this place.